WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Foxx, Gottheimer Introduce Bill to Hold Higher Education Accountable for BDS Activity Today, Representatives Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) introduced the bipartisan Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act, legislation that prohibits colleges and universities from receiving federal student aid if they engage in commercial and academic boycotts dictated by those in the boycott-sanction-divest (BDS) movement more PR